Current treatment problems in burn strictures of the esophagus
Fedun, A.A.; Fedun, A.A.
Voenno-Meditsinskii Zhurnal 320(12): 32-5 96
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-9050 PMID: 10732481 Document Number: 505370
Examination study of 156 cases with esophagus burns. The patients were sent to a specialize hospital with 2-3 mouths' delay despite their continuous dysphagia complains 4 patients suffered from critical complications, 15 patients had gastrostomas and 98 patients lost their body weight to a marked degree. Applied methods of treatment were esophagectomy, bougienage esophagus and surgery. 55.5% patients had good treatment results. 40.7%--satisfactory and 3.7%--bad results.